The nose has fruity and vegetal notes, bringing out squash, apple, and pear. It smells a bit sweet, but also fruity and interesting. The palate starts with a big, mild presence of mineral, alcohol, some nice subtle pear, a tad of caramel, and maybe a little bit of some baking spices. It tastes like it's trying to be San Matias Blanco, but it isn't good enough. It's quite sweet and there isn't much in the way of subtlety. There's also a weird, bitter flavor that it a bit like artificial flavor and hangs around the whole palate. Jose Cuervo gets flack for its flaws, but this deserves the flack much more. That bitter squash flavor is uncomfortable and hard to take. There are some nice hints of complexity at points, but for the most part this is just kind of hard to drink (though with its sweetness it could work as a mixer). The nose has some tobacco, vegetation, and topical fruit, perhaps like Sauza Blue mixed with Cabeza Blanco. The palate isn't too bad. There is plenty of tobacco, but the fruity flavors do come through. The mineral and astringency can be a bit much though. Still, the balance is surprisingly not bad. It lacks the creaminess, spiciness, and balanced nuance of Cabeza Blanco. In comparison, the nose here delivers a bit of a punch and the palate has a bit much of a cheap scotch flavor mixed with a dash of lighter fluid. This is markedly inferior to Cabeza Blanco, though it isn't a disaster. Compared with Sauza Blue, the nose has a sharper tobacco flavor and the palate has less of a citrus and tropical fruits flavor. The Sauza has more of a numbing clove element than the tobacco that is found in this. This is watered down in comparison with more lighter fluid. The depth and balance here are inferior by a fair margin. This could probabaly be used for mixing just fine, but it isn't at all sippable. Something's a bit weird about this, but the sweet fruit does help to salvage it a bit. That cheap scotch flavor isn't the worst thing in the world since there is a small element of it that can be enjoyed, but it is a clear sign of a low-quality drink.